Right-winger, after drinks, makes up a tale (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
short story
'a tale' is the definition.
(I know that short story is a type of tale)
'right-winger after drinks' is the wordplay.
'right-winger' becomes 'Tory' (Tory is an example).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'drinks' becomes 'shorts' (short can mean a drink of spirits).
'tory' put after 'shorts' is 'SHORT STORY'.
'makes up' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for short story that I've seen before include "Novella" , "not much material to take in" , "account limited by definition" , "That's hardly novel" , "tale" .)